Music Meme Prompt Post Mixes

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Finally cross-posting the war fandom mixes from my personal lj.



Renee for archae_ology:

1. Sleeper Awake by Sarah Blasko
Use your hands
Don't be afraid of
Standing up
For something

2. The World is Falling by Mirah

Tell me once again if everything is as it seems
If things are getting better, what’s that crashing down the stream
The wind, you say, the storm that came, remember our retreat
And darker days might come and stay, and signal our defeat

3. Stood Up by A Fine Frenzy

Steel and concrete break
Beneath the steady waves
Of fearless hope and grace
In kindness there is strength

4. Hold On by Sarah McLachlan

So now you're sleeping peaceful
I lie awake and pray
That you'll be strong tomorrow and we'll
See another day and we will praise it
And love the light that brings a smile
Across your face

5. I Will Never Be the Same by Melissa Etheridge

So you walked with me for a while
Bared your naked soul
And you told me of your plan
How you would never let them know
In the morning of the night
You cried a long lost child
And I tried on I tried to hold you
But you were young
And you were wild

6. Change by Tracy Chapman

If you knew that you would die today
If you saw the face of God and Love
Would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that love can break your heart
When you're down so low you cannot fall
Would you change?
Would you change?

7. Peace of Mind by Bat for Lashes
If I ever get back down
Find a map that takes me back
Through the wounded, through the wars
To a time that came before

To hover-board into the Sun
And bring back when my time is done
A mother for this childless world
And an arrow of light for every boy and girl

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Skip & Penk & Malarkey Mix Classic for skew_whiff

1. Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran

I'm gonna raise a fuss
I'm gonna raise a holler
'Bout a workin' all summer
Just to try to earn a dolllar

2. I Got Rhythm by Lena Horne

I got rhythm
I got music
I got my man
Who can ask for anything more?

3. Keeping Out of Mischief Now by Taj Mahal

All the world can plainly see
You're the only one for me
I have told them in advance
They can't break up our romance
Livin' up to all my vows
'Cause I'm keepin' out mischief now

4. Let’s Dance by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

Instrumental

5. You’re My Thrill by Billie Holiday

You're my thrill
How my pulse increases
I just go to pieces
When I look at you
'Cause you're my thrill

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Skip, Penk, and Malarkey Mix Modern for archae_ology

1. With a Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker

I get by with a little help from my friends

2. The Seven Deadly Sins by Flogging Molly

Sail away where no ball and chain
Can keep us from the roarin' waves
Together undivided but forever we'll be free
So sail away aboard our rig
The moon is full and so are we
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins

3. St. Christoper Is Coming Home by Frank Turner

When the evening casts it's shadows on the corners of my days
And I am old and I am settled in the place where I will stay
When my wandering meanderings have finally reached their end
Yeah whatever else may be I will not forget my friends

4. Young by Kenny Chesney

Talked a good game when we were out with the guys
But in the back seat we were awkward and shy
Girls were a mystery that we couldn't explain
And I guess there are some things that are never gonna change

Man I don't know, where the time goes
But It sure goes fast, just like that
We were wanna be rebels who didn't have a clue
With our Rock n' roll T-shirts, and our typically bad attitudes
Had no excuses for the things that we'd done
We were brave, we were crazy, we were mostly
Young

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Liebgott/Webster for poutmeter:

1. Fire in the Head by Tea Party

You stay
Silent, knowing, always in time
See how this love stays divine
Sleep here
Hoping, knowing, always in time
See how this love stays divine

2. Cold War by Janaelle Monae

I'm trying to find my peace
I was made to believe there's something wrong with me
And it hurts my heart
Lord have mercy, ain't it plain to see?

That this is a cold war
Do you know what you're fighting for?
This is a cold war
You better know what you're fighting for

3. Ricochet! by Shiny Toy Guns

Let the sweat fall
Find me in the back stall
Let it snow down
Now we're gonna deck halls
I hit the bullseye
Making all the boys cry
I hit the main line
Breaking through the night sky

4. My Kingdom For A Horse by Frank Turner

Awkward semi-naked coffee conversations fade
Quicker than mistakes that were made.
Mornings when I’m coming down, being driven round the bend,
Make for days when I’m losing my friends
For all the little things that I have done and cannot make amends.

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Cajuns: (Roe and Snafu) for canadasuperhero:

1. Orphans by The Gaslight Anthem

Goodbye, circus wheel, maybe you rest along the seas
I have given you the fire of my youth and the triumph of my enemies
And goodbye, fair weather home and your faithless factories
I have given you the blood and the truth from the wounds that they laid on me
And whatever they left, I kept it for my own heart

And the lonesome understand with the choirs in my head
We were orphans before we were ever the sons of regret, my baby
On and on and on, how the alphabet boys carry on
And we were orphans before we were ever the sons in the songs

2. The Kids Aren’t Alright by The Offspring

When we were young the future was so bright
The old neighborhood was so alive
And every kid on the whole damn street
Was gonna make it big and not be beat

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn
How can one little street
Swallow so many lives

3. Devils and Angels by Toby Lightman

You might have thought that I would be a little bit lazy
I might not notice, I might not care
But now you're finding out that I'm a little bit crazy,
And you were the one so unaware

4. Be and Bet Not Afriad by Tracy Chapman

I may think that I know
The true heart's needs
But my pride may bring me low
Unable to see
I'm no closer than yesterday
But tomorrow I may stand

And be and be not afraid
To reach for heaven

5. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? By Louie Armstrong

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
And miss it each night and day
I know i'm not wrong
This feeling's gettin' stronger
The longer, i stay away
Miss them moss covered vines
The tall sugar pines
Where mockin' birds used to sing
And I'd like to see that lazy Mississippi
Hurryin' into spring

6. Cajun Song by The Gin Blossoms

Well, she's leaving today I do know so far away
I'm feeling so blue and it shows in every single way
Once that girl she was mine for such a short time
We used to spend every night now all I do is cry
They say you can't miss something you've never had
So tell me why

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Ray/Walt for melkerr:

1. Drive by The Gaslight Anthem

And if you're too tired
Go to sleep, my brothers, I
And if you're too tired
Go to sleep, my brothers
I'm alright to drive

2. Time Is Running Out by Papa Roach

So when I'm out of control and I'm out of my mind
Just remember one thing, I think I'm just fine

3. Ticks? By Brad Paisley

'Cause I'd like to see you out in the moonlight
I'd like to kiss you way back in the sticks
I'd like to walk you through a field of wildflowers
And I'd like to check you for ticks.

You never know where one might be
There's lots of places that are hard to reach
I gotcha

4. California Love by Tupac featuring Dr. Dre

Out on bail fresh outta jail, California dreamin
Soon as I stepped on the scene, I'm hearin hoochies screamin
Fiendin for money and alcohol
The life of a west side playa where cowards die and it's all ball

5. Whatever You Like by T.I.

Stacks on deck. Patron on ice.
We can pop bottles all night
Baby you can have whatever you like
I said you can have whatever you like

6. Up on the Ridge by Dierks Bentley

Hey now honey child
We'd be runnin' free and wild
No one care what you do
Ain't no law to answer to
Dance around in the dirt
Listen to them crickets chirp
Hear old Jake start to howl
When he hears that ol' hoot owl
Give you all I got to give
That's how we live up on the ridge

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De L’Eau/Leyden for poutmeter:

1. Come Around by Sarah Jarosz

These summer nights are hot and still
The days are long but time instills
A sense of hope, a coming thrill
And I know it will

Just when life seems like a lost cause
People spinning words into angry flaws
And I don’t know who I am or who I was
Life comes around

2. Rude Boy by Rihanna

Tonight
I'm a let you
Be the captain
Tonight
I'm a let you
Do your thing, yeah
Tonight
I'm a let you
Be a rider
Giddy up
Giddy up
Giddy up, babe

3. Strangers by Empires

Can't tell us apart. When we're rollin' through the dark.
Are you with me? Are you with me?
Strangers in your head. Falling out onto the bed.
Are you with me? Are you with me?

I want you bad, I really want you bad, no matter who you've had.
I'm just your ghost, you can have us both, I really want you bad.

4. Can You Tell by Ra Ra Riot

Oh, what am I supposed to do?
It’s hard to stay cool
Oh, when you smile
And I get nervous every time you speak

5. Everyday by Toby Lightman

Everyday is a struggle between what I wanna say
And what I should keep to myself
And the words that manage to leave my lips
Don't hurt me, but they hurt everyone else

And I find myself in need of a pause
I'm not sure why, but I think that it's because
Of this desire to be what others want me to be
Which is nothing close to me

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Snafu for skylilies who wanted songs off my Snafu writing background mix:

1. Papa Was a Rollin Stone by The Temptations

I heard Papa called himself a jack of all trades
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave
Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal
To pay his bills
Hey Momma,
Folks say Papa never was much on thinking
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking
Momma I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth

2. Gunpowder by Wyclef Jean

But the preacher man told me
Good things come to those who wait
Do good things come to those who wait?
I wanna know tell me
Good things come to those who wait
Do good things come to those who wait?

3. XO by Fall Out Boy

To the "love", I left my conscience pressed
Between the pages of the Bible in the drawer
"What did it ever do for me" I say (I say, I say, I say)
It never calls me when I'm down
Love never wanted me
But I took it anyway
Put your ear to the speaker
And choose love or sympathy
But never both
Love never wanted me

4. Days Before You Came by Placebo

Days before you came
It always seemed enticing
to be naked and profane
there is no denying
Days before you came
Thunderbolts and lightning
Each day a brand new vein
Each tourniquet colliding
Didn't what you anyway

5. Another Bag of Bricks by Flogging Molly

Temper filled with blindness
Leads this lost and lonely man
Dragged around your whipping tree
A scourge you can`t command
So deafen me with silence
Drown me with your roar
Scowl me with your hollow eyes
Still burnin` to the core
No door will go unanswerd
Like so many closed before
No vagabond to knock upon
This tired and beatin` war
When all return to exile
Free from all once bound
Decline and brawl old parasites
The truth will yet be found

6. C’est Si Triste by Ann Savoy

As I am sadly not up on my French tranlations, please enjoy the music in this one.

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Hoosier/Skinny for skylilies:

1. Black Betty and the Moon by The Horrible Crowes

And they want you to doubt every trust that you've known
And they wanna find the holes in the armor exposed
And they come on whispering,
If you just do this for me...
And turn and show their teeth just before they're sinking in
And better than described and deeper the decent
I never thought we'd have to learn to doubt our friends
And better than described, so much deeper the decent
I never thought we'd have to learn to doubt our friends

2. Come Round Soon by Sara Bareilles

I could use another cigarette
But don't worry daddy, I'm not addicted yet
One too many drinks tonight and I miss you
Like you were mine

All your stormy words have barely broken
And you sound like thunder though
You've barely spoken
Oh, it looks like rain tonight and thank God
'Cause a clear sky just wouldn't feel right.

3. Come Back Song by Darius Rucker

I know I said I wouldn't miss you
But now I'm saying I'm a fool
You're on the feel good side of leaving
And I'm the backside of a mule

And I didn't know I needed you so
And letting you go was wrong
And baby I know you got your radio on
So this is my so sad come back song

4. You Hold Me Together by Dierks Bentley

By now I shoulda been broken
On the rocks of rising life's ocean
Just another ship lost at sea
By now I shoulda been scattered
In the wind of my lonesome travels
Like a thousand dandelion seeds
And I shoulda come unraveled
At the seams like a well-worn sweater
But you hold me together

5. You’re The One by Tracy Chapman

Some say you're bitter
Think you're mean
Uncouth untamed and unrestrained
But I think you're sensitive and sweet
Stay as you are don't change a thing

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And one non-war fandom.

For uniformly, futureperfect, and spirograph who all wanted a Tim Gutterson mix:



Deputy Tim Gutterson:

1. I’m Gonna Put You Down by Gangstagrass featuring T.O.N.E.-z

Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
I’m going to put you down

2. Kentucky Jelly by Brad Paisley

Instrumental

3. Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey by The Steeldrivers

The first drop burns but the second one goes down smooth
And then that ol' black label gets ahold of you
It'll loosen your tongue but it don't ever tell the truth

4. Clap Your Hands by The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

Well I’m so misunderstood
But I’m trying to be good
I’m bad and you know it
Clap Your Hands

5. Hill Justice by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Ducan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile

Instrumental

6. Where the Devil Don't Stay by Drive-by Truckers (added to org. mix)

7. Ne're Do Wells by Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound (added to org. mix)

8. Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash (Because he needs at least one Johnny Cash song on his mix)

The taste of love is sweet
when hearts like our's meet
I fell for you like a child
oh, but the fire went wild

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8tracks.